Monument record MDO2734 - Bowl barrow on Whitesheet Hill, Toller Fratrum

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Summary

The site of a 'Tumulus' is marked on the Ordnance Survey 1st edition map on Whitesheet Hill. A low mound, 11m across, is visible at this location on lidar imagery and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project.

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A low mound, 11m across, is visible at this location on lidar imagery <5> and was digitally plotted during the Upper Frome and Sydling Valley AIM project. A bowl barrow. Diameter 14 paces, height 1 1/2ft. <2-3> A grass covered bowl barrow with a flat top and slightly sunken centre. Diameter 16.0m. Height 0.8m. No ditch. <4>

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  • <1> Map: Ordnance Survey. 1864, 1886. Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch one. paper. 1:2500.
  • <2> Unpublished document: Grinsell, L V. 1935-54. Dorset Barrows 1935-54 Manuscript.
  • <3> Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments England. 1952. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume I (West). 251.
  • <4> Unpublished document: Swatridge, G C. Various. Field Investigators Comments GCS. F1 GCS 17-JAN-55.
  • <5> Photograph: Environment Agency. XX-XXX-2019. LIDAR Environment Agency Composite LAST RETURN.
  • <6> Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 450668.

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Location

Grid reference Centred SY 5838 9821 (23m by 22m) (4 map features)
Map sheet SY59NE
Civil Parish Toller Fratrum; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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  • Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 1 115 004
  • Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: SY 59 NE 19
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450668
  • Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 450668
  • Previous Historic Environment Record identifier: MDO42239
  • Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Toller Fratrum 4

Record last edited

Dec 23 2022 12:12PM

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